Sentence examples for modification substances from inspiring English sources

This biotechnological process, which is termed bioincising, can be used to improve the uptake of wood preservatives and wood modification substances (Schwarze & Schubert 2009; Schwarze & Schubert 2011).

The degradation of the bordered pit membranes by P. vitreus in its first stage of wood colonization enhances the uptake of preservatives and wood modification substances, whereas the strength of the material is not significantly reduced.

Table 1 Average particle size and zeta potential of unmodified and modified nanosilica   nSP70 nSP70-N nSP70-C Modification substance - NH2 COOH Mean particle size in water (nm) 64.2 ± 0.6 72.7 ± 1.3 76.2 ± 1.6 Mean zeta potential (mV) -42.1 ± 0.6 -29.8 ± 0.5 -72.0 ± 1.9 Each value represents the mean ± SD.

Malebranche, it would appear, is forced to abandon his substance-mode ontology: 'I believe that intelligible extension is neither a substance nor a modification of substance, notwithstanding the axiom of the Philosophers [that everything is a either a substance or a mode]' (OC 6 245).

These systems also provide vulnerable routes for modification by substances of abuse.

When the modification of substances cannot penetrate the interlayer space, the value of d001 does not change (Kozak and Domka 2004), in our study and after the ion exchange reaction, the basal spacing increases from 12.72° to 26° for HDTMA and 21.08° for CPC indicating that both cationic surfactants have been intercalated successfully within clay (Fig. 2) (Hoidy et al. 2009).

She specialized in behavior modification and substance abuse.

Body modification and substance use in adolescents: is there a link?

The initial plausibility of step (4) may also derive from a core assumption of the substance paradigm, namely, the thesis that all processes can be ontologically understood as modifications of substances.

I believe that qualities are nothing but modifications of substances and the understanding adds relations [l'entendement y adjoute les relations]." He adds that relations are "the work of the understanding" (New Essays, 145).

The view that the sensibles are modifications of substances is then supplemented with the notion that they possess a subsidiary and analogous being-for-mind that explains our ability to apprehend them directly (unlike causal dispositions) and to be sometimes mistaken about their presence.